Gu Chaomin's body turned slightly, and he looked at the woman with cold eyes, only to see that she was dressed very grandly: she was wearing a crystal laurel pearl on her head, she was wearing an autumn-colored embroidered rain silk brocade with wide sleeves, and her bottom was an ivory-colored dark flower silk silk long skirt, with a white shawl made of soft smoke between her arms, and a delicate jade belt hanging from her waist. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Look at her appearance again, her complexion is as moist and white as a Jiangnan woman, and only a shallow layer of rouge is applied to her cheeks, and the cherry red is looming, not vulgar but delicate. When smiling, pear vortexes appear on his cheeks, eyebrows and eyes are slightly curved, and willow branches swing their tails.

The lotus step opened lightly, like a wave of the waves, and floated out of the door lightly, and two women followed out behind her, and she should be dressed as a girl with a slightly higher status in the village. One was dressed in a long red dress, slightly taller and slightly plump; The other, dressed in a long indigo dress, was thin and cold, and the two of them carried a large rectangular vermilion tray with a square brocade box with a golden lock hanging from it, and the key was placed in the tray. Si Yu Gu glanced at the brocade box, and his face showed a look of greed and regret that had been coveted for a long time.

The woman slowly approached, and Gu Chaomin felt a chill around her, which gradually disappeared. "General Wanfu, the little girl's surname is Chen, she is the granddaughter of the owner of this village, just because my parents died early, my grandfather is old, and he has been ill in recent days, and he can't welcome the general, so he is helpless, and he also asks General Haihan." Chen Siyu was delicate and dignified, and blessed him.

The rest of the people were dazzled by the beauty in front of them and were stunned. Only Gu Chaomin was not interested in this group of warblers and Yanyan at all, he was unhappy in his heart, and scolded sharply: "Who are you? Why didn't this Mingbi Villa see the male protagonist come out to greet the guests, but asked a woman to come forward to deal with it, so rude! ”

Chen Siyu's smile froze, the tips of his eyebrows suddenly tightened, and then let go again. The afterglow under his eyes swept over Si Yugu.

Si Yugu hurriedly answered the conversation and said: "General Rongyu, the lower officials and everyone can testify, this young lady is really the only granddaughter of the owner of Mingbi Villa, and today the owner of Chen Zhuang has a recurrence of his old illness, which inevitably collided with the general, so he ordered Miss Chen to go out to meet guests." If there is any rudeness, please forgive the general. ”

"What is the relationship between you and Mingbi Villa, and you can interject? It's long gone for you here, so you don't need to get in the way. Once I've picked up the water, I'll be on my way right away. If you don't stop for a moment, you won't have to waste your time on me. Gu Chaomin scolded, with a look of disgust on his face, as if there was something unclean here that made him want to leave immediately.

Si Yugu obediently shut up, slightly embarrassed, and threw the problem back to Chen Siyu.

"Everyone else can go, but Master Si can't go. Did General Gu forget that the Holy Lord personally issued an order to ask Lord Si to assist him, if Lord Si left, wouldn't he be guilty of dereliction of duty. And today, the little girl will specially invite Master Si to be a witness. Help me sink into the Chen ancestral hall with the water. Although Chen Siyu always treats people with a smile, his words are loud and powerful, and he has a force contained in it.

"Why is that?"

"Don't you know that there are many treasures in the world? In that year, Liu Bei, the emperor of Shu of the Three Kingdoms, transferred his horse to Pang Tong, but Pang Tong died in Luofengpo because of his defense. It has been a thousand years old, although it is lifeless but spiritual, it has been in my family for several generations, and I am afraid that it will be contaminated with the vulgarity of the mortal world and be detrimental to the saint. Therefore, on the day of the arrival of the general, invite him into the ancestral hall, burn incense and pray, first, to show the ancestors, and ask the ancestors to remove the mortal qi from their bodies in the heavenly heroic spirit, and cut off the worldly thoughts between him and my family; Second, it can be regarded as a farewell gift to this object. After the dinner, it is a good morning, and then please ask the general to ask the water to sink out of the ancestral hall, and the general can go on the road to restore the emperor's order with peace of mind. Chen Siyu explained with a smile.

Gu Chaomin knew that the Holy Communion was a big matter, and he couldn't be sloppy, so he could only suppress his unhappiness in his heart, and nodded in agreement, but his expressionless face made people feel that they might burst out of anger at any time.

Chen Siyu tilted his head to the back and ordered: "Carry the thousand-year-old water sink to the front for General Gu and the big gentlemen to see." ”

The two women responded in unison, and walked from behind her to her with the brocade box. The crowd formed a circle around the box as an axis. Chen Siyu used the key in the plate to open the golden lock, lifted the lid of the box, and took out a crystal glass bottle from it and placed it on the tray. The crystal bottle is full of water, and there is a piece of translucent jade at the bottom of the bottle, the jade body is crystal clear, the carved pattern is gorgeous, and the sunlight that is screened by the light mist shines on it, reflecting the colorful rainbow light.

Seeing that the treasure that he had been thinking about for a long time suddenly appeared in front of him, Si Yugu was so excited that he couldn't help but raise his voice, overpowering everyone's praise, and exclaimed again and again: "Yes, this is a thousand years of water sinking, it is really extraordinary, wonderful!" ”

Chen Siyu heard everyone's praise and his eyebrows and eyes added to the brilliance, and after hearing Si Yugu's words, he was even more overjoyed: "You can test it for yourself." Master Si also said in person, this sinking water is indeed genuine. General Gu? She looked at Gu Chaomin, and her words were full of questions, waiting for his instructions.

Gu Chaomin still looked at each other with a cold face, looking impatient: "Got it." ”

"That's good. The little girl then welcomed the water into the ancestral hall. ”

Chen Siyu put the crystal bottle back into the brocade box, buckled the lid of the box, and put on the gold lock. She held the key and handed it to Gu Chaomin and said, "Please take it away, general." ”

Gu Chaomin did not take over, but deliberately took what she just said: "The Holy Lord has made an order, Lord Si should also contribute, and some people in the province say that I am rash in and grab credit." I will send troops to garrison it, and this key should be kept by Master Si. ”

He sneered and continued: "Do you want Master Si to follow me all the way back to Beijing, so that I can help from the side and not live up to the holy will." ”

Si Yugu retreated in fear and said, "General Gu said that he was laughing, how dare he be lowly?" Don't dare, don't dare As he spoke, he felt as if he had been slapped in the face. The implication of the other party's words is clear: Don't you want to take care of it, I'll let you take care of it. When something happens, don't try to shirk your responsibility. He lamented in his heart, the more positive he patted his sycophant, the more the other party didn't appreciate it, and the last time he simply slapped it on the tiger's mouth. How could this Gu Chaomin be so oily and salt-in.

Gu Chaomin laughed dryly, grabbed his arm, and stopped his retreat. took the key from Chen Siyu's hand and slapped it into his palm, and his palm instantly turned red. Si Yugu stuffed the key into the waist seal, and made a few sounds, but did not say a complete sentence.

Chen Siyu's face was not good-looking, after all, a few of his cynicisms were induced by her. She scolded in her heart, but she still struggled to maintain a proper smile on her face. She bent her knees and blessed him again, and he made a backhand "please go first" gesture. So she and Si Yugu led the way side by side, Xiao Hongye and Bai Linglin followed behind with the brocade box, Gu Chaomin followed closely, and the others followed behind.

The group rushed to the Chen ancestral hall again. Si Yugu took advantage of the separation from everyone and whispered to Chen Siyu: "Miss Siyu, I was really clumsy in the past, I didn't expect you to have such a scheming at a young age, it's really impressive." ”

Chen Siyu pretended to be puzzled and said in a low voice: "Lord Si said this, the little girl didn't understand very much. ”

Si Yugu smiled and said tentatively: "Dedicate the water sinking bi to the saint, this trick is clever enough." ”

Chen Siyu deliberately said in a righteous and awe-inspiring tone: "Lord Si's words are wrong, our Chen family up and down, young and old, all wholeheartedly hope that the emperor and his old man will be healthy. If a small water sink can really heal the Holy Body, then it is really worth the money, far better than putting it in the hands of my Chen family or others. And this water sinking is a sacred object handed down from ancient times, I am afraid that mortals like you and me cannot afford to offer it, and only the Son of Heaven can match it. ”

Si Yugu listened to what she said, so he had to take the initiative to show goodwill: "What Miss said is very true, with Miss's intelligence, she is definitely not a person who has lived in the pool for a long time, if Miss soars into the sky one day, the next official will still rely on you." ”

Chen Siyu responded vaguely: "Master Si can torture the little girl, and the little girl is ashamed." Her words were calm and did not leak any emotion. Si Yugu didn't know if she didn't understand the meaning that she wanted to take the initiative to repair, or if she didn't understand her attitude towards herself, he was just about to continue to ask deeply. The other party suddenly quickened his pace, walked through the moon cave gate, and quickly walked to the back garden, leaving him behind.

The architecture of the back garden is quite different from the freshness and agility of the front yard, and it is more simple and majestic.

A huge figure-of-eight wall lies in the middle of the back garden, bypassing the wall, is a grand mansion sitting west and facing east. Near but a painted gate, there are stele pavilions on both sides of the gate, and then enter the instrument door, hang a gold pitch black plaque on it, and inscribe "Chen's ancestral hall" four big characters. Passing through the gate is a large patio with a corridor and a corridor on both sides, and at the end of the corridor is a staircase, and then you enter the second hall. After passing through the second hall, until the third hall is the place where the ancestral shrine of the Chen family is enshrined.

There is a relief carving plate in front of the hall, there is a stone lion on each side of the steps, there is a pearl white gauze lantern hanging under the eaves, the main hall is five rooms wide, four rooms deep, dozens of eaves pillars are covered with various carvings and paintings. There are all kinds of fruits and incense burners on the long table, and three rows of spiritual tablets of the ancestors of the Chen family are neatly enshrined behind it, which naturally includes the tablets of Chen Siyu's parents.

Chen Siyu knelt down to pray to the ancestors first, and invited three pillars of incense, and then Gu Chaomin and Si Yugu also followed with three pillars of incense, and the rest of the people bowed in front of the spiritual seat to show respect.

Then a few servants carried a long case to the middle of the hall, and Xiao Hongye and Bai Linglin carried the brocade box on it. In this way, after the dinner, the whole ceremony is complete.

Everyone looked at Gu Chaomin and waited for his instructions, he called his lieutenant general to whisper a few words to him, and the lieutenant general ordered him to turn around and run out of the ancestral hall.

Gu Chaomin hugged his fists at everyone and said: "In order to ensure that Shui Shenbi can leave Mingbi Villa unharmed." We have to stay here temporarily, there will be soldiers guarding the doors of the ancestral hall, the entrance to the back garden and the front yard, please don't walk at will, and please take care of the people in the house, don't go near the back garden. But Miss Chen, please rest assured, we are just guarding to prevent thieves from entering and stealing the jade, and we will never disturb the Chen family. ”

Chen Siyu smiled and replied, "In that case, then I will hand over the full authority of Shui Shenbi to General Gu." From this moment on, the sinking water has nothing to do with my Chen family. I'll take you to the various rooms to rest, I don't know where the general wants to rest, I'll arrange it. ”

Gu Chaomin waved his hand and said, "No need, Vice General Guo is stationed in the front yard, and I will guard the back garden." ”

Chen Siyu admired: "The general is really a loyal person." In that case, I will take our leave. The general is hard. ”

The crowd dispersed to rest, and the soldiers entered the village.